ALLIUM 



cc. Coals of bulb not fibrous. 



D. Lvs. 2 or several. 



E. Ovary with only 3 crests, or none at all. 



21. scapfisum, Benth. Fls. white, red-veined, in a 



loose, few-fld. umbel: bulbs dark: scape 1 ft. or more. 



W. Amer. 



22. madidum, Wats. Fls. white or 

 nearly so, in a niany-fld. vunbel: bulbs 

 white: scape less than 1 ft., angled. 

 Ore. 



23. Cfisickii, Wats. Fls. rather 

 numerous, nearly white: lvs. J^in. 

 w-ide: scape 3^ in. Ore. 



24. Bolanderi, Wats. Fls. rose, few, 

 the segms. serrulate: scape 4-10 in. 

 Calif. 



25. unif61ium, Kellogg. Lvs. sev- 

 eral, narrow and flat: 

 scape stout, 1-2 ft.; fls. 

 rose, 10-30, the segms. 

 ovate-lanceolate, exceed- 

 ing stamens and style. 

 Calif. 



EE. Ovary distinctly 6- 

 creslcd: fls. usually 

 rose-colored. 

 F. Scape usually more than 

 6 in. high (in the wild). 

 26. stellatum, Fraser. 

 Bulb-coats reddish: scape 

 6-18 in.; pedicels 1-2-^^. long; sta- 

 mens and styles exserted. W. Amer. 

 B.M. iruQ. 



27. Sanbomii, Wood. Bulb-scales 

 white: scape 12-24 in.; pedicels 

 shorter; umbel densely many-fld.; 

 stamens and styles exserted. Calif. 



28. attenuifolium, Kellogg. Lvs. 

 channelled: scape slender, 6-1.5 in., 

 leafy below; umbel dense; fls. nearly 

 white. W. Amer. 

 FF. Scape usually less than 6 in. high 



(in the iHld). 



29. serratum, Wats. Lvs. very nar- 

 row: filaments broadened at the base. 

 W. Amer. 



7 30. Bidwelliae. Wats. Scape 2-3 



159. AUium tricoc- ;„ ; umbel few-fld., the pedicels J^in- 



cum. (XH) long; filaments filiform. CaUL 



DD. Lf. solitary, linear or filiform: scape 2-5 in. high: 

 caps. 6-crestcd. 



31. fimbriatiun, Wats. Lf. filiform and reyolute: 

 scape 3 in.; fls. deep rose, stigma 3-cleft. S. Calif. 



BBB. Bulbs mostly solitary: scape stout, 2-un.nged: lvs. 



2, broad. 



c. Stamens not exserted. 



32. falcif61ium, Hook. & Am. Fls. rose, the segms. 

 minutely glandular-serrate and twice longer than sta- 

 mens; scape 2-3 in, W. Amer. 



33. anceps, Kellogg. Fls. white, with purplish 

 veins, the segms. Uttle longer than stamens. Calif., 

 Ore. 



cc. Stamens exserted. 



34. platycaftle, Wats. Fls. rose, the segms. long- 

 acuminate: scape 3-.5 in. Calif. B.M. 6227 (as A. 

 anceps) L. H. B. 



ALLOPLECTUS (diversely plaited; referring to 

 appearance of the calyx). Gesneraces-. Tender 

 tropical evergreen shrubby plants, with tubular 



ALMOND 



249 



yellowish axillary fls. and opposite lvs.; one of each If. 

 in the pair smaller than the other, their under surfaces 

 usually reddish or purplish. 1 o be grown in the warm- 

 house'with similar treatment as that for Gesnera. 



repens, Hook. Trailing by means of roots thrown out 

 between the pairs of lvs.: lvs. ovate, coarsely serrate, 

 hairy or smooth: calyx pale green, blotched with purple; 

 corolla yellow, tinged red, gaping; tube swollen at the 

 base; limb of 4 spreading segms., the uppermost 

 being twice cut. E. Indies. B.M. 4250. 



sparsiflorus, Mart. Erect: lvs. ovate-oblong, acute 

 entire; petiole and nerves beneath often red: calyx of 6 

 cordate or triangular dark blood or purple sepals, form- 

 ing a striking contrast to the yellow club-shaped densely 

 hairy corolla; Umb of corolla of 5 equal segms. 

 Brazil. B.M. 4216, erroneously as A. dichrous. 



Schlimii, Planch. & Lind. Fig. 160. Lvs. acumi- 

 nate, rounded or subcoidate at base, oblong, green 

 above, violet or purple-violet beneath: fis. axillary, in 

 pairs or sometimes more numerous, the calyx .spotted 

 with green; corolla yellow-scarlet below, shading up- 

 ward into a delicate violet above. Trop. S. Amer. 

 F.S. 8:827. 



A. Forgetii, Hort. Corolla pale yellow, spurred on the back. 

 Peru. N. TAYLOB.t 



ALLSPICE. The dry berry of the Pimento (Pimenta 

 officinalis, Lindl.), an evergreen tree of the Myrtacea'. 

 The tree grows in the West Indies. Jamaica yields much 

 of the product. The fresh berry is about the size of a 

 pea. It is borne in clusters, the word allspice is also 

 applied to various plants with aromatic fragrance, as 

 Calycanthus. See Pimenta.. 



ALMOND. A name given to the tree and fruit of 

 Primus Amygdalus, Baill. (Amygdalus commiinis, 

 Linn.), of the Rosacese. It is also applied to certain 

 dwarf ornamental trees or bushes, as flowering almond 

 (see Prunus). 



The almond has been cultivated from time imme- 

 morial. It is thought to be native to the Mediter- 

 ranean basin. Some inquirers have supposed it to be 

 the original of the peach, but this idea is evidently 

 untenable. The flowers are peach-like and handsome 

 (Fig 161). The almond nut of commerce is the pit or 

 stone of a peach-like fruit (Fig. 162). The fleshy part^ 

 which is so thick and edible in the peach, is thin and 

 hard, and it splits at maturity. There are two general 

 tribes or races of almonds,— the bitter and the sweet. 

 The former has a bitter kernel, which is used in the 

 manufacture of flavoring extracts and prussic acid. It 

 is grown mostly in Mediterranean countries. Of the 



160. Alloplectus Schlimii. ( X H) 



